Session II - public_authorities
... As a public decision-maker, the town halls top management already know how to plan under conditions of uncertainty very skillfully. In the future, climate change will demand to take even more decisions with incomplete and evolving information. It must continue to seek the best new information about ...
... As a public decision-maker, the town halls top management already know how to plan under conditions of uncertainty very skillfully. In the future, climate change will demand to take even more decisions with incomplete and evolving information. It must continue to seek the best new information about ...
The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research
... activities .. so as to raise the level of impact of both organizations in terms of scientific advances and of advising policy makers (for example of the likelihood and likely effects of climate change), as well as to avoid duplication. These linkages are now the subject of a Letter of Agreement unde ...
... activities .. so as to raise the level of impact of both organizations in terms of scientific advances and of advising policy makers (for example of the likelihood and likely effects of climate change), as well as to avoid duplication. These linkages are now the subject of a Letter of Agreement unde ...
Temporal Causal Models for Massive Time-series Data
... Definition: a time series x is said to “Granger cause” another time series y, if and only if regressing for y in terms of both past values of y and x is statically significantly better than that of regressing in terms of past values of y only ...
... Definition: a time series x is said to “Granger cause” another time series y, if and only if regressing for y in terms of both past values of y and x is statically significantly better than that of regressing in terms of past values of y only ...
Polar Science for Planet Earth
... humankind’s understanding of planet Earth. Our discovery of the ozone hole drew world attention to the damage caused by chemicals in our atmosphere; we linked the rapid warming on the Antarctic Peninsula to human activity; and revealed the amazing survival story of organisms living in the extreme co ...
... humankind’s understanding of planet Earth. Our discovery of the ozone hole drew world attention to the damage caused by chemicals in our atmosphere; we linked the rapid warming on the Antarctic Peninsula to human activity; and revealed the amazing survival story of organisms living in the extreme co ...
Annex 3. CHIESA Communication Plan 2014
... 2015, but the Steering Committee of the project has decided to apply a no-cost extension from the donor for six additional months (until December 2015) to finalize the work and to achieve the set objectives. The performance under the research-oriented work packages has progressed at different rate b ...
... 2015, but the Steering Committee of the project has decided to apply a no-cost extension from the donor for six additional months (until December 2015) to finalize the work and to achieve the set objectives. The performance under the research-oriented work packages has progressed at different rate b ...
Supplementary Material - Proceedings of the Royal Society B
... scenario is more conservative than the A1FI scenario, which we are currently tracking well above (Rahmstorf et al. 2007), but A2 better reflects emissions scenarios now gaining favour among mitigation policy researchers, encompassing a later shortage of fossil fuels and more active mitigation polici ...
... scenario is more conservative than the A1FI scenario, which we are currently tracking well above (Rahmstorf et al. 2007), but A2 better reflects emissions scenarios now gaining favour among mitigation policy researchers, encompassing a later shortage of fossil fuels and more active mitigation polici ...
ITU/Ghana Experiences in National Planning for ICTs, Climate
... Green ICT service delivery - opportunites for low GHG footprint interventions – eg. Solar powered mast units, energy efficiency practices. ( requires government incentive for scale up) ICT industry offers wide ranging opportunities for developing and deploying climate change early warning servic ...
... Green ICT service delivery - opportunites for low GHG footprint interventions – eg. Solar powered mast units, energy efficiency practices. ( requires government incentive for scale up) ICT industry offers wide ranging opportunities for developing and deploying climate change early warning servic ...
National Climate Change Stakeholder Consultations
... are suggesting that the continued dry weather could lead to substantial increases in food prices over the next 12 months.” “According to the KZN Department of Agriculture, there are several steps that one can take to manage weeds, pests and diseases. These are basic steps that one can do while waiti ...
... are suggesting that the continued dry weather could lead to substantial increases in food prices over the next 12 months.” “According to the KZN Department of Agriculture, there are several steps that one can take to manage weeds, pests and diseases. These are basic steps that one can do while waiti ...
2015_06_24_ppt03_DEA Gauteng INDC Stakeholder Consultations
... are suggesting that the continued dry weather could lead to substantial increases in food prices over the next 12 months.” “According to the KZN Department of Agriculture, there are several steps that one can take to manage weeds, pests and diseases. These are basic steps that one can do while waiti ...
... are suggesting that the continued dry weather could lead to substantial increases in food prices over the next 12 months.” “According to the KZN Department of Agriculture, there are several steps that one can take to manage weeds, pests and diseases. These are basic steps that one can do while waiti ...
A Unified Approach to Address Water-Climate Related Issues
... economists, water mangers, decision makers, local communities and other stakeholders. The most important and sustainable approach may be community based adaptation strategy which will intake the usable knowledge to develop a climate resilient society. In 2010, the water specialists, social scientist ...
... economists, water mangers, decision makers, local communities and other stakeholders. The most important and sustainable approach may be community based adaptation strategy which will intake the usable knowledge to develop a climate resilient society. In 2010, the water specialists, social scientist ...
Reaching professionals and ordinary citizens
... Links to an EU-wide campaign During the programme’s final year from June 2006, a special campaign You Control Climate Change was run across Finland in collaboration with the European Commission’s EU-wide programme. The campaign especially aimed to bring climate issues closer to ordinary people – to ...
... Links to an EU-wide campaign During the programme’s final year from June 2006, a special campaign You Control Climate Change was run across Finland in collaboration with the European Commission’s EU-wide programme. The campaign especially aimed to bring climate issues closer to ordinary people – to ...
documents
... central measure of future choices. If we do not address climate change and global poverty together, we will fail both morally and practically. There can be no option for the earth without a preferential option for the poor. We cannot protect the earth and ignore the “wretched of the earth.” Therefor ...
... central measure of future choices. If we do not address climate change and global poverty together, we will fail both morally and practically. There can be no option for the earth without a preferential option for the poor. We cannot protect the earth and ignore the “wretched of the earth.” Therefor ...
Stakeholder Consultation Report
... Cities are vulnerable because they are key drivers of climate change due to their high energy consumption, highest emitters of GHG and accommodate 50% of the world’s population. Majority of the urban poor are located in high risk areas which are unplanned, underserviced with substandard housing. The ...
... Cities are vulnerable because they are key drivers of climate change due to their high energy consumption, highest emitters of GHG and accommodate 50% of the world’s population. Majority of the urban poor are located in high risk areas which are unplanned, underserviced with substandard housing. The ...
Discussion Document Climate Change Consultations for
... Government Leadership As a purchaser of a wide range and large quantity of goods and services annually, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is a significant consumer. What it purchases can create new business opportunities or influence which products or services are available in local market ...
... Government Leadership As a purchaser of a wide range and large quantity of goods and services annually, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is a significant consumer. What it purchases can create new business opportunities or influence which products or services are available in local market ...
Slide 1
... projected impacts within and across sectors are large. To the extent that it can be identified, quantified, and mitigated, uncertainty is a component of planning, not a reason to avoid planning. Many sectors report different impacts in different systems (e.g., snowpack response at low vs. high eleva ...
... projected impacts within and across sectors are large. To the extent that it can be identified, quantified, and mitigated, uncertainty is a component of planning, not a reason to avoid planning. Many sectors report different impacts in different systems (e.g., snowpack response at low vs. high eleva ...
Global Climate Change and Population
... Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Declan Conway, UEA [email protected] ...
... Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Declan Conway, UEA [email protected] ...
Global Warming: The Science and the Politics
... by the effects of urban warming and other changes in land use. Scientists have long known that the asphalt, concrete and structures in cities can produce a local warming affect and many of the oldest temperature-monitoring stations around the globe are contaminated by this effect. Growth of cities a ...
... by the effects of urban warming and other changes in land use. Scientists have long known that the asphalt, concrete and structures in cities can produce a local warming affect and many of the oldest temperature-monitoring stations around the globe are contaminated by this effect. Growth of cities a ...
Assessment of global warming on the island of Tenerife, Canary
... the north side of the island (windward), four on the south side (leeward) and two in the high mountain area, each with the same altitude range of 400 m. Reference series were also compiled by grouping various sectors together, in which case the anomalies derived from the average across all the secto ...
... the north side of the island (windward), four on the south side (leeward) and two in the high mountain area, each with the same altitude range of 400 m. Reference series were also compiled by grouping various sectors together, in which case the anomalies derived from the average across all the secto ...
